Igraina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Igraina

What is the meaning of the name Igraina ?

The baby name Igraina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ih-GRAY-nah (IPA: /ɪˈɡreɪnə/).

Igraina is Cornish in Origin.

Igraina is a modern elaboration of the Arthurian name Igraine/Ygraine, ultimately derived from medieval Latin Igerna and Old French Ygerne, which adapt the early Welsh Eigyr (also Eigr). In Welsh genealogies Eigyr is named as the daughter of Amlawdd Wledig and the mother of Arthur, a tradition later reshaped in Anglo-Norman and English romance.

Through Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th c.) the form Igerna entered Latin chronicles; French romances used Ygerne, and Sir Thomas Malory (15th c.) popularized Igrayne/Igraine. Variants include Igraina, Igraine, Ygraine, Igrayne, Igerna, Ygerne, and the Welsh Eigyr/Eigr. The etymology is uncertain: some link Eigyr to a Welsh element suggesting modesty or maidenhood, others to qualities like keenness; no consensus exists. As a given name today, Igraina is rare, carrying the legendary aura of Arthur’s mother and the Duchess of Cornwall, while the -a ending lends a softer, contemporary cadence.

⚙ Igraina is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.